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77th Congress, 78th Congress, 79th Congress, 80th Congress, 81st
Congress and 82nd Congress. Third ranking member of the Armed
Services Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy. Married Miss Margaret Joe Whitsett, December
30, 1919. Five children: Mrs. Gregg Murray, Margaret, Eulalia
Ann, Carl T., Jr., and Mrs. Sue D. Sessler. Address: Chapel Hill,
N. C.



FRANK ERTEL CARLYLE

(Seventh District — Counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus,
Cumberland, Harnett, New Hanover and Robeson. Population,
394,214.)

Frank Ertel Carlyle, Democrat, of Lumberton, N. C; lawyer;
born in Lumberton, N. C, April 7, 1897, son of William W. and
Lillian 0. Carlyle; educated in the public schools of Robeson Coun-



Senator Clyde R. Hoey



Carlyle — Seventh District



Deane — Eighth District



Doughton — Ninth District



Jones — Tenth District



Jones — Eleventh District



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ty, Wilson Memorial Academy, Nyack, N. Y., and the University
of North Carolina; licensed to practice law in January 1921; mar-
ried Lois Godwin Caldwell, daughter of Luther H. and Nora G.
Caldwell, May 19, 1927. One daughter, Lois Godwin Carlyle, 18
years of age, now a student at Ward-Belmont, Nashville, Tennes-
see. Served in the United States Navy during World War I; for-
mer member Robeson County Board of Elections; former chair-
man Robeson County Democratic Executive Committee; former
president 9th Judicial District Bar Association; past president
Lumberton Rotary Club; member of the American Legion for
moie than 25 years, and past commander of Lumberton Post; Bap-
tist; 32nd degree Mason, Shriner; Phi Delta Theta Fraternity;
elected Solicitor 9th Judicial District of North Carolina in 1938,
and re-elected in 1942 and 1946; elected to the 81st Congress No-
vember 1948; re-elected to the 82nd Congress November 1950;
member of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

CHARLES BENNETT DEANE

(Eighth District — Counties: Anson, Davidson, Davie, Hoke,
Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland, Union, Wilkes, and
Yadkin. Population, 369,455.)

Charles Bennett Deane, Democrat, of Rockingham, N. C, was
born in Anson County. Son of John Leaird and Florence Mae
(Boyette) Dean, Graduated from Trinity Park School, Durham,
1920; LL.B. Degree, Wake Forest College, 1923. Licensed as at-
torney, February, 1923. Register of Deeds of Richmond County,
1926-1934. Compiler, U. S. Congressional Directory, 1933-1936. At-
torney and Consultant, Wage and Hour Division, Washington,
D. C, 1939-1940. Owner General Insurance Agency, Rockingham,
N. C. Elected to the 80th, 81st, and 82nd U. S. Congresses. Bap-
tist; Recording Secretary, North Carolina Baptist State Conven-
tion, 1932-1951. Married Miss Agnes Walker Cree, October 15,
1927. Children: Betty Cree Deane; Agnes Carol Deane; Charles
B. Deane, Jr. Address: Rockingham, N. C.



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ROBERT LEE DOUGHTON

(Ninth District — Counties: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Cabar-
rus, Caldwell, Iredell, Rowan, Stanly, and Watauga. Population,
338,907.)

Robert L. Doughton, Democrat, Laurel Springs, was born at
Laurel Springs, November 7, 1863. Educated in the public schools
and at Laurel Springs and Sparta High Schools. Farmer and
stock raiser. Appointed a member of the Board of Agriculture in
1903. Elected to the State Senate from the Thirty-fifth District
in 1908. Served as director of the State Prison from 1909 to 1911.
Elected to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth,
Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth,
Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, Sev-
enty-fifth, Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Sev-
enty-ninth, Eightieth, Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses
by large majorities. Chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means Seventy-third to Seventy-ninth Congresses, inclusive. Re-
elected Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, Eighty-
first Congress. Has held this position longer than any other man
in the history of the Government. Alternating chairman, Joint
Congressional Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation.



HAMILTON CHAMBERLAIN JONES

(Tenth District — Counties: Avery, Burke, Catawba, Lincoln,
Mecklenburg and Mitchell. Population, 360,318.)

Hamilton Chamberlain Jones, Democrat, of Charlotte, N. C,
was born in Charlotte, N. C. Son of Hamilton Chamberlain, Jr.
and Sophia Convere (Myers) Jones. Attended Charlotte Gram-
mar School; Central High School, Washington, D. C; Homers
Military School, Oxford, N. C; A.B., Elective Law, University of
North Carolina; M.A., Elective Law, Columbia University, New
York City. Attorney at Law. Member of the American Bar Asso-
ciation; North Carolina Bar Association; Chairman of Executive
Committee, North Carolina Bar Association, 1936; President, 1940.
Member of North Caiolina State Bar; Mecklenburg Bar Associa-
tion, President, 1932. Recorder of City of Charlotte; Juvenile
Court Judge; United States Assistant District Attorney of West-



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ern District of North Carolina, 1919-1921. Chairman of Demo-
cratic Party of Mecklenburg County for fourteen years. State
Senator, State of North Carolina. Presented portrait of former
Chief Justice W. A. Hoke to Supreme Court of North Carolina
with accompanying address which is filed in the office of the Clerk
of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Member and President,
Charlotte Rotary Club; Vice-Chairman, Charlotte Chamber of
Commerce; member of the Executives Club; Member and Vice-
Chairman of the Board of the Charlotte Memorial Hospital Au-
thority; Chairman, Executive Committee of Thompson Orphanage
and Training School. Member of Blue Lodge Masonry; Thirty-
second Degree Mason; Oasis Temple of Shrine; Charlotte Red
Fez Club; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Knights of
Pythias; SAE Fraternity, University of North Carolina and Co-
lumbia University; member of the Gimghoul, University of North
Carolina. Episcopalian; Senior Warden, Junior Warden, member
of Vestry, Superintendent of Sunday School. Elected to Eightieth
Congress on November 5, 1946, re-elected to Eighty-first Congress
and to Eighty-second Congress. Married Miss Bessie Smedes Er-
win, October 23, 1915. Three children: William Erwin Jones, Mrs,
Elizabeth Jones Boehmer; Mrs. Alice Jones Noble. Addi-ess: 201
Cherokee Road, Charlotte, N. C.



WOODROW WILSON JONES

(Eleventh District — Counties: Cleveland, Gaston, Madison, Mc-
Dowell, Polk, Rutherford, and Yancey. Population, 295,724.)

Woodrow Wilson Jones, Democrat, was born near Rutherford-
ton, N. C, January 26, 1914. Son of Bernard Bartlett and Carl
Jane (Nanney) Jones. Attended Forest City and Gilkey, N. C.
Grammar Schools, 1921-1928; Kilkey High School, 1928-1930;
Rutherfordton-Spindale High School, 1930-1932; Mars Hill College,
Mars Hill, N. C, 1932-1934; Wake Forest College Law School,
1934-1937, LL.B. Degree. Attorney. Member of the North Caro-
lina Bar Association; Rutherford County Bar Association, Presi-
dent, 1943; 18th Judicial District Bar Association; Rutherfordton
Kiwanis Club; President, 1943, Director, 1947; Rutherfordton
Junior Chamber of Commerce. City Attorney for Rutherfordton,
N. C, 1941-1943; Solicitor, Rutherford County Recorder's Court,



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1941-1944. Representative from Rutherford County in the General
Assembly of 1947 and 1949. Elected to the Eig:hty-first Congress,
November 7, 1950 to fill out the unexpired term of Honorable A. L.
Bulwinkle, deceased. Elected to the Eighty-second Congress, No-
vember 7, 1950; member Committee on the Judiciary. Baptist;
Teacher, Baracca Sunday School Class, 1940-1944; Deacon;
Teacher, Young Men's Sunday School Class. Lieutenant (jg)
United States Naval Reserve; active duty, 1944-1946. Married
Miss Rachel Elizabeth Phelps of Lillington, November 21, 1936.
Two children: Woodrow Wilson Jones, Jr., age 10 years; Michael
Anthony Jones, age 8 years. Address: Rutherfordton, N. C.



MONROE MINOR REDDEN

(Twelfth District — Counties: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Gra-
ham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Swain, and Transyl-
vania. Population, 284,691.)

Monroe Minor Redden of Henderson County, was born in Hen-
dersonville, N. C, September 24, 1901. Son of John L. and Julia
(Trimble) Redden. Attended the public schools of the county;
graduated from Fruitland Institute, 1919; attended Law School,
Wake Forest College; admitted to the Bar, 1923. Chairman, Hen-
derson County Democratic Committee, 1930-1946; Chairman, State
Democratic Executive Committee of North Carolina, February,
1942-August, 1944; elected to Eightieth Congress, November 5,
1946, receiving largest total vote and largest majority of any con-
gressional candidate in the State; re-elected to Eighty-first Con-
gress November 2, 1948; re-elected to Eighty-second Congress No-
vember 7, 1950. Married Miss Mary Belle Boyd, 1923. Two sons,
Monroe, Jr., and Robert M. Home address: Hendersonville, N. C.



JUSTICES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA
SUPREME COURT

WALTER PARKER STACY

CHIEF JUSTICE

Walter Parker Stacy, Democrat, born in Ansonville, N. C, De-
cember 26, 1884; son of Rev. L. E. and Rosa (Johnson) Stacy;
educated Weaverville (N. C.) College 1895-1898; Morven (N. C.)
High School 1899-1902; University of North Carolina, A.B. 1908;
attended Law School, same, 1908-1909, LL.D. (Hon.) 1923; mar-
ried Maude DeGan Graff, of Lake Placid Club, N. Y., June 15,
1929 (since deceased) ; practiced law in partnership with Graham
Kenan 1910-1916. Represented New Hanover County in General
Assembly of N. C. 1915; Judge Superior Court, 8th Judicial Dis-
trict 1916-1920; elected, 1920, Associate Justice Supreme Court of
North Carolina for full term; appointed by Governor A. W. Mc-
Lean, March 16, 1925, to succeed Chief Justice Hoke (resigned)
and in 1926, in 1934, in 1942, and again in 1950, nominated with-
out opposition in primary and elected Chief Justice Supreme Court
for 8-year terms; member American and North Carolina Bar Asso-
ciations. General Alumni Association University of North Carolina
(president 1925-1926) ; lecturer summers 1922-1925 inclusive, in
Law School University of North Carolina, tendered deanship of
same 1923; lecturer Northwestern University School of Law, sum-
mer sessions 1926-1927; named by U. S. Board of Mediation, un-
der Railway Labor Act, as neutral arbitrator to serve on Board of
Arbitration (six members), and later elected chairman of board
to settle wage controversy between the Brotherhood of Locomotive
En^^ineers and certain railroads in southeastern territory of United
States 1927-1928; appointed by President Coolidge, 1928, member
of Emergency Board of five, under Railway Labor Act, to inves-
tigate and report respecting a dispute between officers and mem-
bers of the Order of Railway Conductors and Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen, and certain railroads located west of the Missis-
sippi River; named by U. S. Board of Mediation, January 1931,
to serve as neutral arbitrator in controversy between Brotherhood
of Railrcad Trainmen and New York Central, the "Big Four"
and P. and L. E. railroads, and again in November 1931 to serve

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Biographical Sketches 403

as neutral arbitrator in controversy between Brotherhood of Rail-
way and Steamship Clerks, etc., and Railway Express Ae^ency.
Appointed by President Hoover 1932, member of Emergency Board
of three, later elected chairman of Board, to investigate and report
concerning a number of questions in difference between L. and A.
and L. A. and T. railways and certain of their employees. Chair-
man Commission appointed to redraft Constitution of North Caro-
lina 1931-1932. Appointed by President Roosevelt in 1933, in 1934
and again in 1938 to Emergency Boards under Railway Labor Act.
Appointed by President Roosevelt 1934, Chairman National Steel
and Textile Labor Relations boards; and again in 1941 as an Alter-
nate Member of the National Defense Mediation Board; and in
1942 as an Associate Member of the National War Labor Board
and also as a Member of the National Railway Labor Panel ; and
again in 1944 as Chairman of President's Committee on Racial
Discrimination in Railroad Employment. Appointed by President
Truman, 1945, Chairman of the President's National Labor-Man-
agement Conference; also member of President's General Motors
Fact-Finding Board. Methodist. Residence: Wilmington, N. C.
Office: Raleigh, N. C.

WILLIAM AUGUSTUS DEVIN

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE

William Augustus Devin, Democrat, was born in Granville
County, July 12, 1871. Son of Robert Ira and Mary (Transou)
Devin. Attended Horner Military School 1883-1887; Wake Forest
College; University of North Carolina Law School 1892-1893.
Member North Carolina Bar Association. Member American Bar
Association. Mayor Oxford 1903-1909. Representative in the Gen-
eral Assembly 1911 and 1913. Member Constitutional Amendments
Commission 1913; Judge Superior Court 1913-1935; appointed
Associate Justice Supreme Court by Governor Ehringhaus, Octo-
ber 1935, succeeding Associate Justice W. J. Brogden; elected for
eight-year term, November 3, 1936, re-elected November 7, 1944.
Honorary degree LL.D. conferred by the University of North
Carolina. Member N. C. National Guard; Captain 1901-1907;
member staff of Governor Craig with rank of Major. Mason. Bap-
tist. Teacher Bible Class since 1915. Author of addresses on legal



Chief Justice Stacey



Justice Devin



Justice Barnhill



Justice Winborne



Justice Denny



Justice Ervin



Justice Johnson




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and historical subjects. Chairman Judicial Council. Married Miss
Virginia Bernard, November 29, 1899. One son, William A. Devin,
Jr., Washington, D. C. Home address: Oxford, N. C. Office:
Raleigh, N. C.

MAURICE VICTOR BARNHILL

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE

Maurice Victor Barnhill, Democrat, was born in Halifax County,
December 5, 1887. Son of Martin V. and Mary (Dawes) Barn-
hill. Attended public schools of Halifax County; Enfield Graded
School; Elm City Academy; University of North Carolina Law
School 1907-09. Member North Carolina Bar Association. Prose-
cuting Attorney, Nash County Coui't, April 1914; member Legis-
lature (House) 1921; Judge Nash County Court, April 1923; for-
mer Chairman Nash County Highway Commission and Board of
Tiustees Rocky Mount Graded School District. Judge Superior
Court, June 1924. Appointed by Governor Clyde R. Hoey, July 1,
1937, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina
and elected for term of eight years November 8, 1938; re-elected
November 1946. Member Phi Dela Phi Legal Fraternity; Mason
and Shriner. Married Miss Nannie Rebecca Cooper, June 5, 1912.
Two children: M. V. Barnhill, Jr.; Rebecca Barnhill. Methodist.
Address: Rocky Mount, N. C.



JOHN WALLACE WINBORNE

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE

John Wallace Winborne was born in Chowan County, N. C,
July 12, 1884. Son of Dr. Robert H. and Annie F. (Parker) Win-
borne. Attended Horner Military School, Oxford, 1900-1902; A.B.,
University of North Carolina, 1906; LL.D., University of North
Cai-olina, 1946. Married twice: first to Charlie May Blanton,
March 30, 1910 who died November 4, 1940. Two them two children
were born: daughter, Charlotte Blanton now Mrs. Charles M.
Shaffer, Greensboro, N. C, and a son, John Wallace, Jr., of North-
ampton, Mass., Second marriage to Mrs. Lalage Oates Rorison,
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1906-1907. Admitted to practice, North Carolina, 1906. Practiced,
Marion, N. C, since 1907. Member firm of Pless and Winborne,
1907-1919; Pless, Winborne and Pless, 1919-1926; Pless, Winborne,
Pless and Proctor, 1926-1927; Winborne and Proctor, 1928-1937.
Member, Board of Aldermen, 1913-1921; Attorney, Marion and
McDowell County, 1918-1937. Member Local Selective Board dur-
ing World War I. Chairman Democratic Executive Committee, Mc-
Dowell County, 1910-1912; member State Democratic Executive
Committee, 1916-1937; Chairman, State Democratic Executive
Committee, 1932-1937. Member Local Government Commission of
North Carolina, 1931-1933. Delta Kappa Epsilon; Mason; Grand-
master of Masons of North Carolina, 1931; Executive Club of Ra-
leigh; Honorary member of North Carolina Society of the Cincin-
nati; Marion Kiwanis Club (president, 1932). Appointed by Gov-
ernor Hoey Associate Justice Supreme Court of North Carolina,
July 1, 1937; elected for a term of eight years in November, 1938;
re-elected for a term of eight years in November, 1946. Home ad-
dress: Marion, N. C. Official address: Raleigh, N. C.



EMERY B. DENNY

associate justice

Emery Byrd Denny was born in Surry County, North Carolina,
November 23, 1892. Son of Rev. Gabriel and Sarah Delphina
(Stone) Denny. Attended public schools of Surry County, Gilliam
Academy, 1910-1914; University of North Carolina, 1916-1917 and
1919. Honorary degree of LL.D. conferred by the University of
North Carolina in 1946, and by Wake Forest College in 1947. Ad-
mitted to practice law, 1919. Member law firm of Denny & Gas-
ton, 1919-1921, Mangum & Denny, 1921-1930, practiced alone 1930-
1942. Attorney for Gaston County, 1927-1942, and North Caro-
lina Railroad, 1937-1938; Mayor of Gastonia 1929-1937. Private,
corporal, sergeant and master electrician in aviation section. Sig-
nal Corps, World War I. President, Gastonia Chamber of Com-
merce, 1925; Chairman, Gaston County Board of Elections, 1924-
1926; Chairman, Gaston County Democratic Executive Committee,
1926-1928; Chairman, State Democratic Executive Committee,
1940-1942. President and director Ranlo Manufacturing Company,
1936-1941; Trustee, University of North Carolina, 1941-1943;



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Chairman, Board of Trustees of Gaston County Public Library,
1935-1942; Chairman, Board of Trustees of Garrison Memorial
Hospital, 1934-1939; and special counsel for the Governor during
the General Assembly of 1941. Member American Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Holland Memorial Lodge No. 668, A. F. & A. M.; Gas-
tonia Chapter No. 66, Royal Arch Masons; Gastonia Commandery
No. 28, Knizhts Templar and St. Titus Conclave No. 72, Red Cross
of Constantine. Grand Steward and Grand Historian of the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina. Baptist. Trustee, North Carolina Bap-
tist Hospital, Winston-Salem, N. C; Trustee and member of Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Southeastern Baptist Theological Semi-
nary, Wake Forest, N. C. Appointed Associate Justice Supreme
Court of North Carolina, by Governor Broughton, February 3,
1942, to succeed the late Associate Justice Heriot Clarkson. Elected
to fill out the unexpired term and for a full eight-year term, No-
vember 3, 1942; re-elected for a term of eight years November 7,
1950. Married Bessie Brandt Brown, Salisbury, N. C, December
7, 1922. Children: Emery B., Jr., Betty Brown, Sarah Catherine
and Jean Stone. Address, Raleigh, N. C. Home address, Gas-
tonia, N. C.



SAM J. ERVIN, JR.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE

Sam J. Ervin, Jr., son of Samuel James and Laura (Powe)
Ervin, was born at Morganton, N. C, September 27, 1896; grad-
uated from the University of North Carolina with A.B. degree
in 1917, and from Harvard Law School with LL.B. degree in 1922;
served in France with the First Division for 18 month? in the First
World War; twice wounded in battle, twice cited for gallantry
in action, and awarded the French Fourragere, the Purple Heart
with one Oakleaf Cluster, the Silver Star, and the Distin<2,uished
Service Cross; admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1919 and
subsequently licensed to practice before various Federal agencies
and courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States;
engaged in practice of law at Morganton since 1922 with excep-
tion of periods of service on bench; has served in the following
capacities, namely: Representative from Burke County in Gen-
eral Assemblies of 1923, 1925, and 1931; Chairman, Burke County



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Democratic Executive Committee, 1924; Trustee, Morganton
Graded Schools, 1927-1930; Member State Democratic Executive
Committee, 1930-1937; Trustee University of North Carolina, 1932-
1935, 1945-1946; Judge, Burke County Criminal Court, 1935-1937;
Judge, North Carolina Superior Court, 1937-1943, resigning to
resume practice of law; Member State Board of Law Examiners,
1944-1946; Member, North Carolina Hospital and Medical Care
Commission, 1944; Government Appeal Agent, Burke County
Service Board No. 2, and Chairman, Burke County Labor Mobili-
zation Board, Second World War; Representative from Tenth
North Carolina District in 79th Congress, 1946-1947, declining to
seek renomination to resume practice of law; Chairman, North
Carolina Commission for Improvement of Administration of Jus-
tice, 1947-1949; Trustee, Davidson College, 1948-1950; Associate
Justice, State Supreme Court, since February 3, 1948, having been
originally appointed to such office by Governor Cherry and having
been subsequently elected thereto in November, 1948 and Novem-
ber 1950. Member of the following organizations: North Carolina
Bar Association, North Carolina State Bar, American Bar Asso-
ciation, Association of Interstate Commerce Commission Practi-
tioners, American Judicature Society, General Alumni Association
of University of North Carolina (president, 1947-1948), American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans,
Society of the First Division, Army and Navy Legion of Valor,
Morganton Kiwanis Club, Morganton Chamber of Commerce, State
Literary and Historical Association, Southern Historical Associa-
tion, American Historical Association, Society of Mayflower Des-
cendants, Sigma Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Junior Order, Knights of
Pythias, Dokies, Knights Templar, Scottish Rite Masons (32nd
degree), Morganton Presbyterian Church (elder); married Mar-
garet Bruce Bell, of Concord, N. C, June 18, 1924; three children:
Sam J. Ervin, 3rd, Margaret Leslie Ervin, and Laura Powe Ervin.
Home: Moi-ganton, N. C. Office: Raleigh, N. C.



JEFFERSON DEEMS JOHNSON, JR.

associate justice

Jefferson Deems Johnson, Jr., Democrat, was born in Garland,
N. C, June 6, 1900. Son of Jefferson Deems and Mary Lily



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(Wright) Johnson. Attended Trinity Park School, Durham, N. C,
1917-1918; A.B., Trinity College, 1923; graduated from Duke Uni-
versity Law School, 1926. Entered practice of law in Clinton, fall
of 1926. Appointed Special Superior Court Judge by Governor
J. M. Broughton, 1941; reappointed in 1943, serving until June
1945. Resumed practice of law in Clinton. Was nominated by
Democratic Executive Committee and elected in November 1950
to fill out unexpired term of Justice A. A. F. Seawell, deceased, of
the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Member American Bar
Association; North Carolina Bar Association. Town Attorney of
Clinton, 1928-1941. State Senator from the Ninth Senatorial Dis-
trict in the General Assemblies of 1937 and 1941. Member of the
Commission on Recodification of statute law of the State, 1941-
1943. Member, Sigma Chi and Omicron Delta Kappa Fraternities.
Private in World War I. Past Commander of the Clinton Post of
the American Legion. Methodist; member of Official Board Clin-
ton Methodist Church, former Chairman. Married Miss Frances
Faison, August 17, 1935. Children: Frances, age thirteen; Mary
Lily, age eleven; Jeff D., Ill, age nine. Address: Clinton, N. C.



MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATORS

HOYT PATRICK TAYLOR

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT OF SENATE

Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Dernocrat, was born at Winton, N. C,
June 11, 1890. Son of Simeon P. and Kate (Ward) Taylor. At-
tended Winton High School and Academy; Horner Military
School; Wake Forest College. Lawyer. Vice-President and Direc-
tor of Anson Sanatorium and Carolina Concrete Pipe Company.
Director of Anson Telephone and Telegraph Company, Anson
Building and Loan Association, Anson Real Estate and Insurance
Co., Hornwood Warp Knitting Company and Wadesboro Electric
Service Company. Chairman of Board of Trustees of Meredith
College. Former Mayor of Wadesboro, Chairman of Anson County
Democratic Executive Committee, and Member Board of Trustees
of the University of North Carolina. Served overseas with 371st
Infantry in World War I, and awarded Silver Star and Purple
Heart Decorations, and personal citation by General Pershing.
State Senator from the Nineteenth Senatorial District in the Gen-
eral Assemblies of 1937, 1939 and 1943, and the Special Sessions
of 1936 and 1938. Legislative Assistant to the Governor, General